The new Olympus Data Viewer app for Vanta handheld XRF analyzers provides Olympus Scientific Cloud (OSC) users with a central location to remotely view and share real-time analysis results from multiple analyzers.
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North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts April 2020 Billings
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $2.26 billion in billings worldwide in April 2020 (three-month average basis), according to the April Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) Billings Report published today by SEMI. The billings figure is 2.2 percent higher than the final March 2020 level of $2.21 billion, and is 17.2 percent higher than the April 2019 billings level of $1.93 billion.
IT Spending Indicators May Be Bottoming Out for Now but US Business Confidence Continues to Plunge, According to IDC COVID-19 Tech Index
Leading indicators for IT spending appear to be stabilizing and bottoming out in many countries, reflecting a period of relative calm before economic lockdown measures are expected to be eased in the next few weeks.
Power Block MOSFET from Diodes Incorporated Increases Power Converter Efficiency and Saves PCB Space
Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD) today announced the availability of the first in a new generation of discrete MOSFETs. The DMN3012LEG delivers increased efficiency in a smaller package to provide significant cost, power, and space savings in a wide variety of power conversion and control applications.
Samsung Electronics Expands its Foundry Capacity with A New Production Line in Pyeongtaek, Korea
Samsung today announced plans to boost its foundry capacity at the company’s new production line in Pyeongtaek, Korea, to meet growing global demand for cutting-edge extreme ultraviolet (EUV) solutions.
Keysight 5G Device Test and Validation Solutions Selected by China Unicom
Keysight Technologies, Inc. announced that China Unicom, one of the world’s largest mobile operators, has selected the company’s 5G device testing solutions to ensure 5G smartphones and consumer premises equipment (CPE) comply to the latest 5G new radio (NR) standards.
High-Speed Data-Center Ethernet Adapter Market Tops $1B for the First Time in 2019
The market for Ethernet adapters with speeds of 25 gigabits (25GE) and faster deployed by enterprises, cloud service providers and telecommunication network providers at data centers topped $1 billion for the first time in 2019, according to Omdia.
Telehealth to Experience Massive Growth with COVID-19 Pandemic, Says Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Telehealth—A Technology-Based Weapon in the War Against the Coronavirus, 2020, finds that the demand for telehealth technology is expected to rise dramatically as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt the practice of medicine and the delivery of healthcare worldwide.
NXP RF Front-end Solutions Used in Xiaomi’s Mi 10 Smartphones
NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) today announced that its most recent radio frequency front-end (RFFE) solution, designed with Wi-Fi 6 standards, is now designed into the Xiaomi Mi 10 5G smartphone.
Technology from Intel Capital Firms Helps in the Coronavirus Fight
As hospitals, governments, private firms and healthcare providers around the world battle the coronavirus, a…
